{"id":874487,"date":"2026-08-28T11:28:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T11:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/874487\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T11:28:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T11:28:54","slug":"the-worst-fans-divided-as-sophie-cunningham-endorsed-by-fever-for-wnba-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/874487\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The worst&#8217; &#8211; Fans divided as Sophie Cunningham endorsed by Fever for WNBA award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>The Indiana Fever have thrown their support behind Sophie Cunningham to be named the 2026 WNBA Sixth Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>The Sixth Player of the Year is handed out to the league\u2019s most valuable player coming off the bench as a substitute.<\/p>\n<p>Naz Hillmon is the current holder of the Sixth Player of the Year title, which is voted for by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Fever have made a post on X\/Twitter suggesting that Cunningham should be this year\u2019s winner.<\/p>\n<p>They explained: \u201cSophie Cunningham for 6th Player of the Year. She has been averaging 8.4 PPG, 47.6 FG% (career high) &amp; 44.1 3P% (no. 3 in the WNBA &amp; career high) this season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sophie Cunningham for 6th Player of the Year \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8<\/p>\n<p>she has been averaging 8.4 PPG, 47.6 FG% (career high) &amp; 44.1 3P% (no. 3 in the WNBA &amp; career high) this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/83IPeihXXv\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/83IPeihXXv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Indiana Fever (@IndianaFever) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IndianaFever\/status\/2093130854067241095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">August 28, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>As expected, the post has gained a lot of traction and already has over 10,000 likes at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<p>But not everyone is of the opinion that Cunningham should win the award in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>One fan suggested: \u201cShe\u2019s not even 10th player of the year. Sophie is a space holder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A second commented: \u201cIs this a joke! She be starting most the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven she knows she doesn\u2019t deserve to be that high,\u201d wrote a third.<\/p>\n<p>Another went as far as to write: \u201cThe worst ever 6th player nominee in the history of basketball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The worst ever 6th player nominee in the history of basketball<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\udfb0 (@DepressedGamble) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DepressedGamble\/status\/2093173270279594107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">August 28, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, there were some fans who showed their support for the Fever ace.<\/p>\n<p>One stated: \u201cShe\u2019s quietly making her case with every game this season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A second tweeted: \u201cOf course. Sophie Hustle! She never stops playing. Never stops running!! Always engaged. Great teammate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And another exclaimed: \u201cShe deserves it for what she\u2019s done in the court\u2026 but her value to the team off the court is irreplaceable!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n<p>   <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover The Indiana Fever have thrown their support behind Sophie Cunningham to be named&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,2803,10879,82,630],"class_list":["post-874487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-indiana-fever","tag-sophie-cunningham","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}